Ph.D. in Education – Brief Student Program Guide

Educational Computing, Design, and Online Learning

College of Education

Kansas State University

Rev. 6/20/10

Entry into the Ph.D. Program (Year One)

Establish Program of Studies and a Doctoral Committee

The program of studies should be completed within the first year or 9-12 hours. This committee is composed of 4 people – your major professor and three others, one of which must be from another department. This program is located in Curriculum and Instruction Department. This committee will be responsible for providing questions for your Preliminary Examinations, which must be obtained from committee members at least six months prior to scheduling the exam, and are taken over halfway through the program (most take them in summer), reading your dissertation proposal and meeting, as a committee to review it before you are allowed to collect data, and then convening for your final dissertation defense. This committee should be contacted within the first year or so.

Take Courses According to the Program of Study

Your program includes a previous master’s degree (30 hours) and a minimum of 30 hours of coursework (depending on research skills), plus 30 hours of dissertation research. Those not having a master’s degree in Education or technology skills typically have one or more prerequisite courses to take to acquaint themselves with the field before beginning work on the Ph.D.

___ See On-Line Assessment Forms and Surveys for Ph.D. Candidates at

https://www.coe.ksu.edu/assessment/curin/

___ See the Ph.D. Student Learning Outcomes at https://www.coe.ksu.edu/assessment/curin/docs/phd-learningoutcomes.pdf

___ See the Checklist for Responsibilities and Assessment in the Ph.D. Program in Curriculum & Instruction at https://www.coe.ksu.edu/assessment/curin/docs/PhDChecklist08-1.pdf

___ Submit approved Doctoral Program of Studies form to Graduate School. See this page for the Program of Study form at

http://www.k-state.edu/grad/gscurrent/guideforms/doctoral.htm

____ After taking EDCI 888, continue to add citations to the final paper, which forms the basis of Dr. Talab's Preliminary Exam paper.

____Begin taking dissertation hours to work on Preliminary Exam questions.

Years 2-6*

Continue Taking Dissertation Hours
Dissertation Hours Guide.

Schedule Preliminary Examination After Completing Half or More Courses in Program of Study

___ When coursework is at least over half-way completed, talk to individual committee members about Preliminary Exam Questions to be answered. Schedule this discussion several months ahead of the exam. The exam takes 2 days, with questions written for each committee member or what ever form the question assignment should be (paper, article, etc.). Most get questions in fall and then take Prelims in late summer of the following year.

___ See the Student Self-Assessment Surveys at

https://www.coe.ksu.edu/assessment/curin/

___ Submit Ph.D. Preliminary Exam Form. Fill out and submit the Request for Preliminary Examination Ballot at http://www.k-state.edu/grad/gscurrent/guideforms/doctoral.htm

___ Doctoral written Preliminary Examination completed

Dissertation Proposal

___ Take Institutional Review Board Modules in order to be able to work on Dissertation proposal at http://urco.ksu.edu/IRBOverview.html

This work is often undertaken during a Qualitative Research course, as well.

___ Develop dissertation research proposal with Dr Talab, based on research done in Dissertation Hours taken previously.

___ Convene meeting of Doctoral committee to review proposal. If proposal is accepted, then an IRB form on the dissertation must be submitted and accepted in order to proceed with the study.

Get “Application for IRB Approval of Human Subjects Research” from IRB and fill out. Dr. Talab must be principal investigator and send in the form to the IRB (call 785-532-3224 for the IRB to download application). The candidate must register and log in, then complete the form. Contact Dr. Talab for information and forms.

____Continue to take at least one Dissertation Hour each semester until the Dissertation has been successfully defended. At that time credit for all 30 hours will be given. Prior to that time, students receive either an "NC" for doing work or an "I" for not making progress. Summers are not required for Dissertation Hours, though some students find this the best time of the year to work on it.

Dissertation and Final Defense

___ Conduct study, collect and analyze data.

___ Request meeting of doctoral committee for final defense.

___ Develop PPT of overview of study for this meeting.

___ Convene dissertation committee for oral doctoral dissertation defense, which takes one to one and one-half hours to complete.

___ Fill out forms for completion of dissertation and 30 research hours at

http://www.k-state.edu/grad/gscurrent/guideforms/doctoral.htm

___ Submit electronic dissertation to Graduate School (call 785-532-6191) and see this page for templates, forms, tutorials and information at http://www.k-state.edu/grad/etdr/index.htm

___ Fill out diploma information.

___ Degree is then awarded.

Important websites at KSU:

Doctoral forms

http://www.k-state.edu/grad/gscurrent/guideforms/index.htm

Dissertation Forms

http://www.k-state.edu/grad/etdr/index.htm

Graduation/Commencement Information

http://www.k-state.edu/grad/gscurrent/guideforms/comminfo.htm

*Note: You have six years to complete all coursework and the dissertation.